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chinese new year 2012 san francisco

chinese new year 2012 san francisco

The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco. The 2012 Chinese New Year Parade is on Saturday,February 11, 2012 at 5:15 pm.

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One of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations in the United States. The festivities include an 2012 Dates TBA | Throughout San Francisco | website

The 2012 Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt will take place Saturday, February 11, 2012 from approx. 4pm – 9pm at Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco CA .

November 6 2011: SF Symphony Youth Orchestra February 11 2012: Chinese New Year Concert February 12 2012: Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor

chinese new year 2012 san francisco

chinese new year 2012 san francisco

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chinese landscape painting

chinese landscape painting

Chinese Landscape Painting of Cranes in Fall Pine Tree

chinese landscape painting

Chinese Landscape Paintings

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chinese painting flower

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The two main techniques in Chinese painting are:

Meticulous – Gong-bi (工筆) often referred to as "court-style" painting

Freehand – Shui-mo (水墨) loosely termed watercolour or brush painting. The Chinese character "mo" means ink and "shui" means water. This style is also referred to as "xie yi" (寫意) or freehand style.

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Artists from the Han (202 BC) to the Tang (618–906) dynasties mainly painted the human figure. Much of what we know of early Chinese figure painting comes from burial sites, where paintings were preserved on silk banners, lacquered objects, and tomb walls. Many early tomb paintings were meant to protect the dead or help their souls get to paradise. Others illustrated the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius, or showed scenes of daily life.

Many critics consider landscape to be the highest form of Chinese painting. The time from the Five Dynasties period to the Northern Song period (907–1127) is known as the "Great age of Chinese landscape". In the north, artists such as Jing Hao, Fan Kuan, and Guo Xi painted pictures of towering mountains,

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chinese painting

Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The earliest paintings were not representational but ornamental; they consisted of patterns or designs rather than pictures. Early pottery was painted with spirals, zigzags, dots, or animals. It was only during the Warring States Period (403-221 B.C.) that artists began to represent the world around them.

Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guó huà 国画, meaning ‘national’ or ‘native painting’, as opposed to Western styles of art which became popular in China in the 20th century. Traditional painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink; oils are not used. As with calligraphy, the most popular materials on which paintings are made of are paper and silk. The finished work is then mounted on scrolls, which can be hung or rolled up. Traditional painting also is done in albums and on walls, lacquerwork, and other media.

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Chinese painting plum blossom

Chinese painting plum blossom

Use your computer mouse to click on the flash below, and you can draw the plum blossom on the  plum tree branch, like

Chinese painting plum blossom

Chinese painting plum blossom flash:

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Chinese painting plum blossom red

Chinese painting plum blossom

Chinese painting plum blossom white

Chinese painting plum blossom